Trans activist Munroe Bergdorf has sparked outrage after she was named by the UN women's charity as their 'UK Champion'.
Organisations including Fair Play for Women, Sex Matters, Transgender Trend and the Women’s Rights Network shared their "dismay and disappointment" over the former LO'real model being selected.
Bergdorf sparked outrage and was dismissed by L'Oréal after she post a series of tweets in relation to the wake of violence in Virginia in 2017 one of which said that the suffragettes were 'white supremacists.'
Another said: "Honestly, I don’t have energy to talk about the racial violence of white people any more. Yes, all white people.
A trans woman has sparked concern among women's rights groups after she was picked by the UN as its 'UK champion'Getty"Because most of y’all don’t even realise or refuse to acknowledge that your existence, privilege and success as a race is built on the backs, blood and death of people of colour.
"Your entire existence is drenched in racism."
A few months later, Bergdorf clarified: "When I stated that 'all people are racist', I was addressing that fact that western society as a whole is a system rooted in white supremacy.
Bergdorf added: "No one is born racist. I stand for tolerance and acceptance."
Speaking on GBNews discrimination and employment lawyer Robin Moira White explained that the appointment has "done what it was supposed to and has got people talking."
She said: "The UN is very used to appointing ambassadors who challenge normal thinking, which is a good thing.
The lawyer said that it has "got people talking"
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"I am a trans woman as well. I get patronised. I get treated in the way that women are treated commonly in the street.
"I understand those issues. I'm sure that Monroe does too. She is there to advance women's rights and women's issues and the very fact that she's on your channel being talked about tonight the UN charity is being talked about on GBNews, in a sense women's rights. That's a good thing. That's an important thing and excellent thing."
Host Richard Tice asked the lawyer: "Given all the choices of great women that they could have have asked to be the champion, is it appropriate to choose going with such a controversial track record and background?"
Robin responded: "I wasn't a part of the interview panel. She plainly is a person who has a public personality. Every time you appoint someone, you're excluding someone else. So when the next person is appointed, have all those other people been excluded? It's a controversial decision for sure."
The lawyer explained that she thinks the decision is "controversial"
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After the appointment Bergdorf said: "I’m incredibly proud to step into my new role as a UN Women UK Champion.
"Working with the UN has been a personal ambition and dream of mine ever since I started working in the activism space over a decade ago. It’s a responsibility that I don’t take lightly."
"I will use this role to further advocate for the progress, safety, inclusion and empowerment of all women and girls, of all communities and identities.
"I will continue to draw attention to the systemic and social impact of misogyny, transphobia and gender-based inequality within the UK — in order to help provide data and insight that contributes to forming tangible methods of tracking and countering it."
